Someone help before I pull out my hair!!

installing or re-installing xp is real easy and automated,...but it kinda like trashes some of the 'other' data you have aquired, and maybe doesnt
recognise third part software, or hardware add-on's...but lets hope we dont have to do any of that

Yes I understand it sucks,...someone with my email addr in their mailbox got bit bad, and the address book was pilfered for names. Now I still get
email from pissed off people telling me that they received email from me that infected their sys..

What can a person do? Nada, just hope they learn and understand what happnd

I don't wanna sound like I sold my soul to microsoft or something, but critical and recommended updates from windowsupdate.com should always be
applied, or else you're gonna get hitted again when a new virus comes out. Vulnerabilities in windows are discovered regularly, and that ain't
changing tomorow.

But if you're on a dial-up modem, leave the automatic function to off. The best would be for you to bring your computer at someone's house you know
who have high speed internet. They release almost 3 to 5 critical updates a month.

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